We had the entire patio to ourselves 🙂
At Brown's Social in downtown #VictoriaBC with my friend, Natalie. She's a horticulturalist, living in Deep Cove. We had some eats & drinks before going across street for PechaKucha Night VOL. 20.
They played #GenX tunes, the whole time we were there. We lucked out on getting street parking, one block away. Then lucked out on empty patio, on arrival. We had our own fire table 🥰
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine #Protesters
Arcane laws banning people from wearing #masks in public are now being used to target people who wear face coverings while peacefully #protesting Israel’s war in #Gaza. That’s a big problem. #Palestine#Israel l
Ah yes, this old trick. Rally support for a law for one thing, but actually use it for something else. Basically it makes wearing a mask in public illegal.
If you know of resources in your area of the US related to wildfire smoke mitigation like:
-places or organizations giving out free KN95s or air filters
-places where people can go to get out of the smoke
then please let me know and I will add that information to the doc! I'm also looking for resources on actions people can take to mitigate climate change, preferably actions they can take immediately (petitions people can sign, actions they can go to in the near future, that kind of thing), but that is a secondary goal.
Why were most of the cyclists in this photo wearing masks in November 1977? Was it to avoid breathing polluted air?
If so, thank goodness we have the EPA now; I hope we can address modern threats to air quality, like climate change related wildfires, rather than giving up and letting the air become difficult to breathe again.
COVID-19 and flu update Ballarat: Masks Still Matter in 2024 | thecourier.com.au
"MASKS still matter is the advice from the region's public health leader as the community faces rising cases of COVID-19 and influenza."
"If everybody who is symptomatic tests themselves, many will show they have COVID-19." - Dr Rob Grenfell, Grampians Public Health Unit chief strategy and regions officer
North Bay Health Care in Fairfield, CA makes you take your mask off at visitor registration in ER. 😔. Paramedics would not mask either…. #masks. I am fine. Family member being seen…
please don't get me wrong, i am not saying raw milk drinking will become a vector. but the possibility is not zero. thanks to the same folks who killed so many with COVID
STUDY finds that 21% of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in winter 2022/23 were due to #COVID19. Study found 145 infections/100 persons for all ARI, 120 infections/100 persons for non-SARS ARI and 25 infections/100 persons for SARS ARI (+21%).
People get sick from a lot of things, but COVID accounts for much of that sickness, and we continue to learn of the long-term consequences of repeat COVIF infections.
I'll be working with kids at a museum over the school holidays, and I want to wear a proper mask, but I also need to be unintimidating and approachable.
Anyone know where in Australia I can get reputable n95s (or equivalent) that are patterned or fun colours that fit an adult with a large head? Bonus if they have dinosaurs on them but I'm not in a position to be fussy.
On #COVID#masks#masking, I frequently read (and empathize with) people around here posting abt comments by various ppl questioning their masks. It sucks!
Wanted to give an other perspective: I've worn N95s (pillowy Dräger 1750) at the office for 2 years (incl. dozens of business meetings) and nobody's ever said anything about it. (A couple of "are you sick today or just cautious" in 2 years.)
Your mileage may vary, but in case you've been thinking about trying, hope hearing that might help?
"Critics fear that if the final guidelines don’t clearly state a need for N95 masks, hospitals won’t adequately stockpile them, paving the way for shortages in a future health emergency. And if the document isn’t revised to emphasize ventilation and air filtration, health facilities won’t invest in upgrades."
Had a discussion with a friend on CDC isolation guidelines & how we’re fostering a culture of eugenics & forced infection. Their response? “More like we’re just finally going to stop paying people to sit at home.” This is someone who had been a kind & logical person. Thread 🧵/1 #covidisnotover#covidisairborne#covid#pandemic#masks#sarscov2#cdc
Despite what the #CDC says based on economic reasons like CEOs of Airlines determining the proper isolation time so their workforce keeps producing, actual scienctific studies show:
#Masks (#N95s or better) work at keeping you from catching